Mexican-Americans with heart rhythm disorder have increased risk for second stroke • Heart Disease news • Sep 11 10 Mexican-American stroke survivors with a heart rhythm disorder have more than twice the risk for another stroke compared to non-Hispanic whites, according to a study… Simplified heart-risk guideline may miscalculate risk for millions • Heart Disease news • Sep 09 10 A method that is widely used to predict the risk of a major coronary event may over- or underestimate risk for millions of Americans, according to a study directed… High Stress Hormone Levels Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Mortality • Heart Disease news • Sep 09 10 High levels of the stress hormone cortisol strongly predict cardiovascular death among both persons with and without pre-existing cardiovascular disease according to a new study accepted for publication… Higher heart risk seen in younger African Americans • Heart Disease news • Sep 08 10 African Americans are known to have a higher rate of heart disease and stroke than whites, and a new study suggests that those excess risks emerge at a… Heart procedure misunderstood, overused: doctors • Heart Disease news • Sep 07 10 Patients who sign up for common procedures to clean out blocked arteries in the heart often believe they are cutting their risk of heart attack and death, when in fact they aren’t.… ‘Jailbreak’ bacteria can trigger heart disease • Heart Disease news • Sep 06 10 Plaque-causing bacteria can jailbreak from the mouth into the bloodstream and increase your risk of heart attack says a scientist at the Society for General Microbiology’s autumn meeting in Nottingham. Professor… Black women with SLE develop cardiovascular disease at early age • Heart Disease news • Aug 19 10 A recent study by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine found significant racial disparities in the age of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients at the time… Moderate chocolate consumption linked to lower risks of heart failure • Heart Disease news • Aug 18 10 Middle-aged and elderly Swedish women who regularly ate a small amount of chocolate had lower risks of heart failure risks, in a study reported in Circulation: Heart… Free statins with fast food could neutralize heart risk, scientists say • Heart Disease news • Aug 13 10 Fast food outlets could provide statin drugs free of charge so that customers can neutralise the heart disease dangers of fatty food, researchers at Imperial College… Community heart disease risk programs work: study • Heart Disease news • Aug 13 10 Healthy heart programs do work and may cut the risk of heart disease by as much as 1 percent, a review of large community-based programs concludes. The benefits may sound… EMS systems catch cardiac arrests, and a lot more • Heart Disease news • Jul 30 10 San Francisco sends out seven ambulances in response to people thought to be in cardiac or respiratory arrest for every one person that is actually in cardiac arrest,… Calcium supplements linked to increased risk of heart attack • Heart Disease news • Jul 29 10 Calcium supplements, commonly taken by older people for osteoporosis, are associated with an increased risk of a heart attack, finds a study published on bmj.com today. The results… Heart failure care improved by performance intervention at outpatient cardiology practices • Heart Disease news • Jul 27 10 A study led by UCLA tested a new performance intervention to help improve adherence to national guideline-recommended therapies for heart failure patients in an outpatient setting.… Preventing heart problems while keeping a cool head • Heart Disease news • Jul 26 10 Cholesterol influences the health of our hearts and blood vessels. Conventional treatment attempts to reduce the level of “bad” cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, in the blood plasma. The opposite approach,… Muscular heart failure patients may have a better chance at survival: U of A study • Heart Disease news • Jul 21 10 University of Alberta research has discovered heart failure patients with more muscle have the potential to increase their length of life. Antigone… Concordia researcher leads study that finds kids reduce physical activity for heart patients • Heart Disease news • Jul 20 10 A study conducted at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) has shown unexpectedly that living with children is linked to a reduction in physical activity.… Medicare drug benefit boosts use of heart failure meds • Heart Disease news • Jul 20 10 The Medicare drug benefit may be helping more older Americans with heart failure get the medications recommended for controlling the disease, a new study finds. The study, of… Traffic-Related Air Pollution Affects Heart Rate Variability • Heart Disease news • Jul 11 10 In patients with pre-existing heart or lung disease, being exposed to high levels of traffic-related air pollutants is associated with reduced heart rate variability (HRV) - a risk factor… Heart tests add to U.S. radiation dose concerns • Heart Disease news • Jul 08 10 Heart imaging procedures can deliver a significant amount of radiation to patients, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday, urging patients and doctors to weigh the risks against the benefits. They… Maternal diet and genes interact to affect heart development • Heart Disease news • Jul 06 10 A pregnant mother’s diet may be able to interact with the genes her unborn child inherits and influence the type or severity of birth defect according to research… New tool to rule out coronary heart disease in primary care • Heart Disease news • Jul 05 10 A simple new rule can help primary care physicians rule out coronary heart disease in patients with chest pain, states a study published in CMAJ (Canadian… Testosterone gel linked to heart problems • Heart Disease news • Jul 02 10 Testosterone treatments may build muscle mass in older men, but they may carry a risk of heart problems in people with poor mobility, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. The Massachusetts study,… Filtering Donor Blood Reduces Heart, Lung Complications • Heart Disease news • Jun 22 10 Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) have discovered yet another reason to filter the foreign white cells from donor blood: the resulting blood product is associated with… Penn bioengineers create simulator to test blood platelets in virtual heart attacks • Heart Disease news • Jun 21 10 A team of bioengineers from the University of Pennsylvania Institute for Medicine and Engineering have trained a computer neural network model to accurately predict… Risk of heart attack in patients • Heart Disease news • Jun 18 10 Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients face a two-fold increased risk of suffering a Myocardial Infarction (MI, heart attack) versus the general population, which is comparable to the increased risk of MI seen… Page 28 of 73 pages « First < 26 27 28 29 30 > Last » << Back to main